blame
put or pin the blame on
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,697 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,695 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- put or pin the blame on also: fault
- harass with constant criticism also: find fault, pick Don't always pick on your little brother
- attribute responsibility to also: charge We blamed the accident on herThe tragedy was charged to her inexperience
noun
- an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed also: incrimination, inculpation his incrimination was based on my testimonythe police laid the blame on the driver
- a reproach for some lapse or misdeed also: rap he took the blame for itit was a bum rap
adjective
- expletives used informally as intensifiers also: blasted, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned he's a blasted idiotit's a blamed shame
blame in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Your fame, your blame, I can not shun.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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I figured--you can't blame me, Mr. Graham--that the old boy was a little cracked.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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It would be impertinent indeed to blame any of these translations in their place.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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Whilst you, Maxence, you, my poor Gilberte!--If, at least, I could feel myself free from blame!
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He could not help being his father's son, and one must not blame him for the unavoidable.
Pearl of Pearl Island · John Oxenham · Chapter 1